A New Blue and some Resources about Color
by Deb Shaw A New Blue Blue pigment discovered at Professor Subramanian’s lab at Oregon Stste University. Photo from Oregon State...
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Deborah Shaw
Sep 15, 20151 min
An Illustration about Mummy Brown and other Historical Colors by Korwin Briggs
Mummy Brown* and Other Historical Colors, Arranged by Date (More or Less) from Prehistory to Almost-Present, Veritable Hokum, by Korwin...
Deborah Shaw
Dec 3, 20141 min
NPR: This Is Color
by Deb Shaw NPR’s “Look at This” NPR posted a charming “Look at This” on October 23, 2014. Titled “This is Color: A Weird Little Lesson,...
Deborah Shaw
Oct 12, 20142 min
The Ever-Expanding Universe of Crayola Crayons
by Deb Shaw Eight crayons; photo from DataPointed: http://www.datapointed.net/2010/01/crayola-crayon-color-chart/ Many of us began our...
Deborah Shaw
May 6, 20141 min
Watercolor Color Charts from 1692
by Deb Shaw A. Boogert manuscript image, reposted from http://www.thisiscolossal.com. High resolution, zoomable image can be viewed on...
Deborah Shaw
Sep 9, 20131 min
A Wonderful Podcast about “Colors”
by Deb Shaw If you’re a fan of RadioLab, you may have heard the last episode about “Colors.” If you haven’t heard it, you’re in for a...
Deborah Shaw
Jun 28, 20121 min
Take an Online Color Test to See How Well You See Hue and Value
by Deb Shaw Color test chart by X-Rite The X-Rite site has a new, nifty Hue Test they’ve developed. They report that 1 out of 255 women...
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